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Simplest Quantum Structures and the Foundation of
Interaction
Thomas Görnitz Fachbereich Physik J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main email: [email protected]
Subject index: Interaction, quantum theory, quantum structures, gauge groups, electroweak interaction, cosmic space, dark matter, dark energy, qubits
Abstract:
The most elementary conceivable quantum structure, referred to as the protyposis, allows for a new approach to
interaction, in general, and the shape of concrete gauge groups, in particular.
Here it is essential to realize that the conception of interaction is a manifestation of the dynamical layering
structure, that is, a hybrid from the region where quantum theory and classical physics are overlapping.
As is well known, the four fundamental interactions in physics can be formulated as local gauge theories.
Here the electromagnetic and the weak interactions are associated with force quanta that can appear as real
objects in space-time. For the corresponding gauge groups a relationship to the space-time concept of the
protyposis can be established.
The quanta of the strong interaction, by contrast, cannot exist as free objects. Here and, moreover, in
gravitation many mathematical problems are open. A gauge-theoretical formulation needs to be founded in a
different way.
1. Introduction: Does interaction actually belong to quantum
theory?
This question sounds like a provocation and that, to some extent, is intended. As is well
known, contemporary physics appears to allow for a very successful treatment of the four
basic interactions. Each of them can be formulated as a local gauge theory. The large public
echo to the discovery of the Higgs particle has rightly called attention to the fact that the
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concept of spontaneously broken local gauge symmetry recovers essential aspects of reality
in the case of the electroweak interaction.
However, there are hints that some problems are still waiting for a solution. Normally,
local gauge groups are compact. Nevertheless, recent developments in general relativity are
based on non-compact gauge groups, for example, the SL(2, C) group, or the group of
translations, or the full Poincaré group. The aim here is to quantize the theory, which,
however, has not been accomplished so far according to the judgement of the experts.
The quark-gluon interaction described by the SU(3)-color-gauge theory does not allow for
a representation of its quanta as free particles in space and time. Even if there is the
mathematical structure of a local gauge theory, the question remains as to the physical
meaning of such a structure if its subjects can not be realised in space and time. The latter
difficulty does not apply to the electroweak interaction. However, up to now it is not clear
whether the gauge groups must be guessed from experience or whether there are some deeper
connections. The present paper will investigate this question.
Since the age of Newton classical physics evolved along the problem of describing
interaction between objects, which are encountered not only in astronomy, but also on earth.
Interacting objects are treated by assigning to each object its position and velocity or
momentum coordinates, and then specifying the forces between them. Objects are understood
as composite if the action of forces may result in an essential change, e.g., fragmentation.
Objects are considered non-composite if only their motion changes under the action of forces,
but not the objects themselves.
Historically, the first structure of quantum theory, i.e., quantum mechanics, was developed
in order to describe interaction, namely, the interaction between electrons and the atomic
nucleus. Later on, nuclear physics described the interaction between protons and neutrons in
the nuclei in terms of mesons. With the advent of quantum field theory the quantum-
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theoretical descriptions of force fields became possible. The treatment of interactions
between force fields and matter fields is routine in current quantum physics.
This seems to indicate that interaction is a well-established basic concept in quantum
theory.
However, a closer inspection suggests that things are not that simple as they appear at first
sight.
The problem is that “interaction” is a concept which cannot be reconciled with the
mathematical structure of quantum theory.
Admittedly, this sounds disconcerting, if not to say strange. However, a somewhat deeper
analysis of the mathematical structure of quantum theory will readily offer an explanation.
Why should interaction not fit into quantum theory?
This apparently strange finding is a consequence of the basic structures of quantum theory.
According to this structure, in any interaction the overall system is represented
mathematically by the tensor product of the state spaces of the subsystems.
The states of the overall system that can meaningfully be seen as “consisting” of the
subsystems are pure product states of the original subsystems. These states, however, only
form a set of measure zero in the state space of the overall system. For example, the
coordinate lines in the (x,y)-plane are null sets. In the mathematical treatment, as a rule, null
sets can almost always be ignored. This means that exactly those states can be ignored as
being irrelevant where speaking of an interaction between two objects, would, in fact, be
justified.
For all other states (this means for almost all states) the term “entanglement”
(“Verschränkung”) applies. The German term “Verschränkung” (originally introduced by
21 HHH ⊗= (1)
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Schrödinger1), deriving from carpentry, is unfortunate as it is suited to prevent any
understanding. Two planks that are “verschränkt” or even two ropes that are “entangled”
remain two planks and two ropes, respectively. By contrast, two entangled particles constitute
a new quantum system that is a whole, an entity without parts. It can be decomposed into the
original parts – or into something totally different – but, as a whole, it does not “consist” of
the parts before a decomposition happens.
The underlying mathematical structure means that, strictly speaking, the concept of
interacting subsystems misses the essence of the quantum theoretical description of reality.
The idea of interaction presupposes the lasting existence of separate objects for which
interaction is mediated by forces. This, however, is inconsistent with the wholeness without
parts which, in quantum theory, is reflected by the tensor product.
In the previous course of physics, this problem of interaction has been concealed by an
explicit or mostly only implicit use of superselection rules. In case of a superselection rule,
the superposition of states associated with different objects exposed to an interaction is
excluded. Therefore their individual existence can still be supposed. As long as quantum
particles or quantum fields, maintaining their identity even in case of interaction, are taken as
the basis of quantum-theoretical considerations, the conflict between pure quantum theory
and interaction does not arise in its full rigor.
However, if one tries to reduce physics to the really simplest quantum structures, the
problem of the actual non-existence of interaction emerges with utmost clarity.
For the treatment of interaction we therefore need to take recourse to the “dynamical
layering-structure” of classical and quantum physics. [1] Herewith not only the problem of
measurement will become understandable [2], but it also makes us aware that for human
beings the henadic description of the world by quantum theory must be supplemented with
1 Erwin Schrödinger was so annoyed about the „damned quantum jumping“ that after the mid 1930ies he work. predominantly and very successfully in the field of general relativity.
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the world view of classical physics, in which the existence of separated objects is a natural
ingredient.
Before dealing with this problem we have to clarify what a “simplest quantum structure”
could possibly be. Here also the notion of an “object” must be examined, as well as the
ramifications of such an analysis for the description of interaction.
2. What are the simplest quantum structures?
At present, quantum field theory is the basis for most of fundamental research in physics.
Relativistic quantum field theory, combining quantum theory and special relativity, has
emerged as an excellent description of localized elementary processes in space and time –
irrespective of all of its considerable mathematical inconsistencies. The necessity of setting
infinity to zero in a Lorentz-invariant way in the process of renormalization indicates that
there is need for further clarification.
Treating problems within the frame of special relativity means amongst others that the
experiments are described as occurring not in the real cosmic space but in its tangential space
– the Minkowski space, which is justified due to the extremely small curvature of the cosmic
space. In physics, apart from professional cosmology, the Minkowski space is seen as the
“quasi natural frame” for physical phenomena – mostly without much reflection, though
certainly not without some justification. In elementary particle physics, for a long time any
connection to cosmology was denied because the opinion prevailed that the so-called
“microphysics” has nothing to do with “macrophysics”! As I personally witnessed 30 years
ago, serious hints at relations between quantum theory and cosmology were declared
unfounded and ignored. However, things have changed in the last decade. “Astro-particle-
physics” has become an important field in physics.
A mathematical impeccable definition of an object, i.e. a relativistic particle, can be given
in Minkowski space. Such a particle can be moved in space and time without changing its
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essential aspects. Interaction between objects is mediated by forces. According to the
relativistic treatment, the forces can ultimately be represented by quantum fields.
As is well known, quantum fields have uncountably infinite non-equivalent
representations. The simplest of them is the Fock representation. Here the state space of the
quantum field )(ΦH is the direct sum of tensor products of the one-particle statespaces iH of
the field quanta:
As first proposed by Einstein, certain phenomena of the interaction between light and
matter can be understood only if particle properties are attributed to light, that is, light being
constituted by photons. Einstein’s photon nature of light can be formulated mathematically in
terms of the Fock representation. In a similar way, any quantum field can be understood as a
potentially infinite set of its field quanta, i.e., quantum particles.
As to the search for the simplest quantum structures this makes apparent that quantum
particles are essentially simpler then quantum fields.
A quantum particle is a quantum theoretical description of what one would call, in
everyday language, an object without inner degrees of freedom. Here a clear mathematical
representation was established by Eugene Wigner [3].
An elementary object is characterized by the fact that it can be moved in space and time
such that its state changes but not the object itself. The group of all possible motions was
called by Wigner the inhomogeneous Lorentz group. It comprises three rotations in space,
three “hyperbolic rotations” between space and time coordinates – the so called boosts –
which together give rise to the SO(3, 1) Lorentz group. The Lorentz group is locally
equivalent to the SL(2, C) group. Furthermore, there are four translations. The resulting
group of ten generators is referred to as the Poincaré group. As already mentioned, an
elementary object is an entity without inner degrees of freedom. Accordingly, its states form
(2) ∑∞
=
⊗⋅⋅⋅⊗=Φ0
1n
n)( HHH
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an irreducible representation of the Poincaré group. With the exception of the vacuum state,
each of these representations spans an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
Here the particle type is completely determined by the invariants of the representation.
These invariants are the values of mass and spin.
A real object is either massless, like a photon, or it has a positive mass. The spin can have
integer values, 0, 1, 2, …, in which case the particles are bosons, the quanta of forces. Or the
spin has half-integer values, 1/2, 3/2, …, then the particles are fermions, the quanta of matter.
The state with vanishing mass and spin, and also with vanishing energy and momentum is
called the vacuum.
The infinite dimension of the Hilbert space of a quantum particle is an indication that an
elementary object, i.e., a “particle”, does in no way constitute a simplest quantum structure
yet.
In classical physics, the state spaces of interacting objects are combined in an additive
way, the total dimension being the sum of the dimensions of the object spaces. In classical
mechanics, one particle is described in the six-dimensional position and velocity space, so
that a 12-dimensional space is assigned to two particles, and an 18-dimensional space to three
particles. The individuality of each object is conserved by this structure.
In contrast to classical physics, quantum theory combines – as already mentioned –
interacting objects in a multiplicative way, that is, by forming the tensor product of the state
spaces. Here, the dimension of the state space of the whole system is given by the product of
the dimensions of the state spaces of the parts. In this way higher dimensional state spaces
can be formed of lower dimensional ones. (Quantum structures with one-dimensional state
space are not conceivable.) In such a multiplicative composition, the individuality of the
original objects is no longer preserved.
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If one looks for the actually simplest quantum structures, one must expect that they have
only a two-dimensional state space.
For a structure with a two-dimensional state space the idea of a further decomposition into
something even simpler is absurd. On the other hand, the state spaces for more complex
entities up to quantum particles and quantum fields can be generated in terms of a sufficiently
large or infinite number of those elementary quantum structures.
Using infinite tensor products of two-dimensional spaces, one can generate even all those
state spaces necessary for the representation of quantum fields beyond the Fock
representation. Since the work of John von Neumann [4] it is known that these infinite tensor
products generate superselection rules, being a characteristic of the various non-equivalent
representations of quantum fields.
The significance of elementary quantum structures with two-dimensional state spaces is
that, on the one hand, they are actually the simplest structures conceivable in quantum
physics, and, on the other hand, allow one to generate all the systems and structures which
are the subject of quantum theory.
However, as is absolutely clear from the outset, those elementary structures must neither
be perceived as objects – which would imply infinite-dimensional space states because of
localizability in space and time – nor as quantum fields – having vastly more degrees of
freedom then an object or a quantum particle, and a state space of uncountably infinite
dimension.
Which intuitive ideas can be developed for such really elementary structures?
3. Intuitive ideas for the most elementary quantum structures
Two-dimensional state spaces are well known in quantum theory for a long time. One
example is the spin, e.g., of an electron. The spin states span a two-dimensional space;
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however, a spin is always linked to a real existing particle. A “spin without a particle” would
be a strange conception.
Another physical model with a two-dimensional state space is the quantum bit.
Since the mid 1950ies, Carl Friedrich v. Weizsäcker had pioneered the idea that it should
be possible to construct physics on the basis of quantized binary alternatives.[5] Weizsäcker
had called them “Uralternativen” or “Ure” (plural form of Ur), today they are referred to as
qubits. Also David Finkelstein [6] and later, among others, Archibald Wheeler advanced such
ideas, for which Wheeler coined the memorable slogan "It from Bit".[7]
However, given the concept of urs or qubits the problem is how to establish the physical
meaning of such structures.
Weizsäcker’s starting point was quantum logic, the temporal logic of decidable
alternatives. His urs were understood as quantum information and, thus, in a broader sense as
“information”. In the work of Weizsäcker the ur connotes with potential knowledge and
therefore with meaningful information.
To this interpretation as “information” and the thereby established connection to
knowledge objections were raised by a number of parties. Above all, problems arise with the
herewith implied specific role of an observer as the bearer of knowledge. As long as the
observer is assumed to be quasi outside of physics, there is a scientific problem, because after
all even the observer should be amenable to a scientific and evolutionary description.
Eventually, an observer with the capability of consciousness has not always existed. A
“conscious observer” evolved from precursors without consciousness, and these life-forms
evolved from some inanimate matter. In view of such an evolutionary development, science
is challenged to describe and explain the course of this evolution with all of its particular
transitions.
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Of course, the description of physical phenomena is inevitably linked to a “describer” – in
which form however. Still, in a scientific approach one has to insist that the special role of a
human observer must not be overemphasized. It is one of the tacit premises of science that
human beings enter by birth a reality which endures after their demise. Occasionally, one can
find statements implying that according to quantum theory “we create our reality”, clearly a
rather misleading perception. It is essential to overcome the still existing view that the
“observer” should be beyond the physical description.
Therefore it is essential here to further extend the scientific abstraction beyond
Weizsäcker’s concept, abstracting not only from emitter and receiver but also from
knowledge and the notion of meaning.
This is also necessary because “meaning”, being a characteristic of information – in the
way this word is used in everyday language – can hardly be dealt with in science due to the
significant subjective aspects of meaning which is at odds with an objectivity-orientated
science. In fact, information is almost ever thought as being something “meaningful”
forwarded by an emitter to a receiver.
When we are about to consider the “most elementary and simplest quantum systems”, it is
useful to recall that in everyday life “information” is always linked to an energetic or material
carrier, e.g. the photons of light, or air in the case of sound, or the paper of a book.
Obviously, all those carriers of information, having infinite dimensional state spaces, are by
no means something “simple”.
With regard to our most elementary quantum structure with its two-dimensional state
space, one has to abandon any thought of an emitter and receiver, a carrier, and, above all,
specific meaning. One has to abstract from all those terms.
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A premature acceptance of the most elementary quantum structure as “quantum
information” can only lead to inappropriate conceptions, which also applies to an
interpretation as “spin”.
Because the most elementary quantum structure is neither a localisable particle nor a
quantum field, nor quantum information in the usual sense, nor a spin, it is appropriate to
introduce a new notion here. A new notion should be instrumental in avoiding obvious
misconceptions from the outset.
Following a suggestion by Roland Schüssler, the late classical philologist at the Frankfurt
University, the notion “Protyposis” has been introduced.[8] In the Greek-German dictionary
of Wilhelm Pape, the meaning of "προ-τύπωσις" is "das Vorbilden", perhaps “prefiguration”
or “foreshadowing” in English. As far as we can tell, the notion Protyposis, when heard for
the first time, does not induce any specific, let alone some inappropriate connotations. On the
other hand, this conception comprises the potential of the structure it denotes, the potential to
unfold all of the reality encompassing us, that is, both matter and consciousness.
Primarily, the Protyposis is non-local in space and time, and lacking any special meaning.
If, however, one prefers to associate the Protyposis with quantum information in a very
broad sense, it must be conceived as abstract and free of special meaning and without any
recourse to an emitter and receiver.
Because the quanta of the Protyposis, supposing their existence, cannot like objects be
“here and now”, they must be perceived as being “always and everywhere”.
The concept of quantum structures that do not represent particles or quantum fields, is
utmost abstract and alien to our imagination, transcending by far the conventional
framework of physical notions and concepts. While the protyposis appears extended like a
quantum field, it does not have the infinitely many degrees of freedom.
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Because the qubits of the Protyposis cannot be localized, they must be understood as
being something “cosmic”. For the sake of illustration, one might view the qubit as a
“fundamental oscillatory mode” of the cosmic space.
The sine function may serve as an illustrative analogy. It can be seen as a fundamental
oscillation of the unit circle. In contrast to a field in which every point in space may be
mapped to an individual value, the sine function is completely determined on the unit circle
by specifying one point, e.g., the position of its maximum.
Fig. 1: Sine and the 10001st power of sine between 0 and 2 π
Taking the sine as metaphor for a quantum bit of the protyposis, then many qubits will
correspond to a corresponding power of the sine. If they are all in the same state – if for every
factor the sine maximum is at the same position – then the product results in a strongly
localized function.
The non-locality of the qubits differs fundamentally from the extended structure of a
quantum field.
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Obviously, quantum theory suggests that something localised can be constructed from a
manifold of something extended – an, at first glance, completely counterintuitive idea. This
insight is a radical antithesis to the antique notion of atoms which physics has adopted for
more than two and a half millennia. At the core of the atomic hypothesis is the belief that the
simple is to be found in the small, necessitating to postulate ever smaller “particles”. By
contrast, quantum theory allows us to understand that something simple may be extended and
something small can be complex.
The proposed connection between protyposis and the cosmic space is not just an arbitrary
assumption, as will be outlined in the next chapter. It will be seen that the increase of the
number of quantum bits generates an effect to be interpreted as the expansion of the cosmic
space. Given sufficiently many quantum bits, material objects can originate in space, and,
later in the cosmic evolution, living beings can form – even living beings in which the
protyposis can appear in the form of consciousness. Ultimately, the conception of protyposis
will allow one to include the observer into the frame of physics, not only his brain but also
his conscious mind.
4. The origin of space from quantum theory
All our experiences, all experiments, and observations happen in the three-dimensional space
we live in, and in time. However, ever since the mathematicians proceeded beyond the
ancient Greek geometry to higher-dimensional spaces, the three-dimensionality of physical
space is in need of rationalization.
Presently, one can often read that, actually, space is eleven-dimensional and the four-
dimensional space-time is only the result of compacting the other dimensions. When,
moreover, it is insinuated that the eleven dimensions are essentially self-evident, rendering a
further justification dispensable, one should be assured that some further reflection in natural
philosophy is advisable.
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Carl Friedrich v. Weizsäcker was the first to postulate that the three-dimensionality of the
physical or position space is a necessary consequence of quantum theory. [9] How can this
postulate maintained today? Would it be possible, on the basis of the protyposis, to go
beyond the explanation of the three dimensions and establish new insights about space and its
structure?
The states of a quantum bit of the protyposis have a symmetry group for which the
absolute value of the scalar product is invariant. This is essentially the SU(2) group, but
comprises also U(1) and the complex conjugation.
Disregarding for the moment complex conjugation and U(1), the states of the qubit can be
represented by the group elements of the SU(2) group. The action of the SU(2) group
elements on a single qubit state generates all qubit states. A two-dimensional representation
of the SU(2) group corresponds to the states of our most elementary quantum structure. All
composite structures with higher-dimensional state spaces arise from tensor products of such
two-dimensional representations.
In the theory of compact groups, an important theorem states that all irreducible
representations of the group can be represented in the Hilbert space of the square-integrable
complex-valued functions defined over the group itself. As a homogeneous space, the SU(2)
group is a S³ manifold, the three-dimensional “surface” of a four-dimensional sphere. As a
consequence of this theorem, any structure generated by the protyposis can be represented,
together with all its states, by functions over this S³ manifold. This suggests to view this
space as a mathematical model for the position space, i.e., the real cosmic space. As a
consequence, all what can be formed of the protyposis will appear as being realized in a
three-dimensional space.
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The two-dimensional representation of a single qubit consists of functions which have
only one null-plane on the S³. They divide the S³ space into „two halves“. The wave length of
these functions corresponds to the diameter of the S³ space. In analogy to the sin-function –
where sin(nx) has 2n zero-points – the functions of the representations (2n+1)Dn divide the S³
by n null-planes, therefore the wavelength is of order R/n (R is th radius of the S³). In the
tensor product ND ⊗)( 2/12 of N of these two-dimensional representations there are also
functions with substantially shorter wave lengths. The corresponding Clebsch-Gordan series
for the decomposition into irreducible representations is of the form
(we define |N/2|=k for N=2k or N=2k+1).
The multiplicity f(j) for the respective irreducible representations with a state space of
dimension (2|N/2|-2j+1) follows from the reduction of the tensor product in the Clebsch-
Gordan series [10]:
The multiplicity factors grow almost linearly from j=N/2, wher f(N/2) = O(2N N-3/2) for the
largest wavelength D0 or D1/2, to a maximum at j=(1/2)(N - √N) for the representation D(√N/2),
where
f[(1/2)(N - √N)] = O(2N N-l ) = (√N) O(2N N-3/2) = (√N) f(N/2)
Beyond that, there is an exponential decrease towards the value 1. For large N the maximum
is very sharp, and functions with a wavelength smaller than 2√N have a small weight and can
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be ignored. Based on this group-theoretical definition, a smallest length on the S³ space can
be stablished, which will be identified with the Planck-length λ0.
5. From the most elementary quantum structures and the space
herewith established towards a concept of time and energy
According to the group-theoretical considerations given above, a rise in the number of qubits
can be associated with an increasing extension of the cosmic space. The more qubits are
available, the finer a division of the cosmic space is possible. Using the Planck length λ0, the
smallest physically feasible length, as a constant length unit, it follows that the cosmic
curvature radius R increases with the root of the number N of the qubits:
R = λ0 √N
Once a length has been defined, the postulate of a universal velocity allows for a
definition of time.
As we know from physical experience, there is a universal and invariant velocity, namely
the velocity of light in vacuum, and it is natural to use this as a reference. With
R = c t
an expression for the temporal evolution of the expansion of the cosmic space is obtained,
which, moreover, allows one to determine the temporal evolution of the number of qubits in
cosmic space:
N = R²/ λ0² = (c t)²/ λ0²
According to a basic postulate of quantum theory, the extension λ of a quantum system is
inversely proportional to its energy E.
If the qubit can be understood as a fundamental oscillation of the cosmic space, its
extension λ is of the order R. Using Planck’s formula,
(6)
(7)
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E = h ν = h c /λ
where h is Planck’s constant, the energy of a qubit is given by
Eq = h c / R
As a consequence of this assumption, the total energy of all N qubits is
U = N Eq = N h c / R = N h c / λ0 √N = √N h c / λ0 = R h c / λ0²
The volume of the S³ space is 2 π² R³, so that the energy density µ reads
µ = U/2π² R³= (R h c/λ0²)/2π² R³ = √N h c/λ0 2π² (λ0 √N)³ = h c/2π² λ04 N
or
µ = h c / λ0² 2 π² R²
In the cosmic expansion, the energy density and also the total energy as given above do
not remain constant. In view of a changing energy, we may, nevertheless, require at least the
validity of the first law of thermodynamics:
dU + p dV = 0.
then
dR h c/ λ0² + p 2 π² 3 R² dR = 0
or
p = - h c/ λ0² p 2 π² 3 R² = - µ /3
Thus, using quantum-theoretical arguments and adopting a thermodynamical postulate, we
have arrived at a cosmological model, which provides for a natural explanation of the so-
called “dark energy”, as will be discussed in the following.
5.1 What is “dark energy”?
Pressure is usually assumed to be a positive physical entity. In cosmology, pressure has been
neglected for a long time. While the possibility of a negative pressure has not even been
considered, positive pressure plays in fact only a minor role, since the cosmic space is nearly
(8)
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(10)
(11)
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(13)
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empty, so that no gas pressure can form, and the pressure of electromagnetic radiation is
negligible. However, pressure is a constituent of the energy-momentum tensor and, as such,
has a gravity effect. Only a negative pressure can counteract the gravitational attraction. In
cosmological models with a sufficiently large content of normal gravitating matter and non-
negative pressure there is no permanent expansion of space, rather the expansion will come to
a halt and turn into a contraction. According to modern astronomical observations, such
behaviour can be excluded with sufficient certainty. In particular, the observations indicate
that an end of the expansion cannot be expected. Less certain is the experimental situation
with regard to an accelerated expansion of space, being presently the preferred hypothesis.
To explain the obviously missing deceleration in the conventional cosmological models,
the existence of an ominous “dark energy” has been postulated. By definition, dark energy
should counterbalance the gravitational effect of the matter content of the cosmos by an
expanding action.
Within the protyposis cosmology the previously inexplicable conjecture of dark energy
becomes a logical consequence of quantum-physical concepts.
The observed expanding behaviour of the cosmos proves to be simply the result of the
negative pressure of the protyposis, being a necessary consequence of the first law of
thermodynamics.
The protyposis cosmology solves also the other “cosmological problems” without
resorting to further ad hoc-assumptions, such as an unexplained “inflation”. The mysterious
smallness of the cosmological term and the so-called horizon problem prove to be logical
consequences of the protyposis cosmology.
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5.2 Einstein’s equations and quantum cosmology
Supposing that the relations between the structure of space and time and the energy-
momentum tensor should also hold for local variations in the cosmic energy density, it
becomes obvious that in the description of such fluctuations Einstein’s equations apply. [11]
Local arrangements of the protyposis will satisfy Einstein’s equations. However, this does
not mean that the protyposis is formed completely in the shape of elementary objects, i.e., of
more or less localizable particles. While the protyposis has not to be “realized” entirely as
“particles”, one has to expect gravitational interaction between particle forms of the
protyposis and such protyposis structures that cannot be understood as localized objects.
Accordingly, some parts of the protyposis may be locally denser in some areas than in other
areas of the cosmic space, inducing “dark matter” type gravitational action without the need
for postulating some unknown or inexplicable particles.
6. From the most elementary quantum structures to elementary
objects, i.e., particles
As already mentioned, elementary objects, particles, have been defined in a mathematically
clear way by Wigner. The assumption here is that the Minkowski space is an appropriate
model of the physical space-time in which they are described. The protyposis cosmological
model tends to the Minkowski space for N →∞. Also, potentially infinitely many qubits are
required for the construction of an irreducible representation of the Poincaré group with its
infinite-dimensional state space.
These infinities arise necessarily in the context of a rigorous mathematical modelling. Of
course, it is physically inconceivable to accelerate an electron in such a way that its inertia
assumes a value as large as that of whole galaxy. However, in order to construct a unitary
representation of the Poincaré group, the recourse to such physically unrealistic states in the
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 20
mathematical modelling is legitimate and neccesary. As a side remark, we note that our
mathematical models, however good they may be, must always be seen as mere
approximations to reality.
Before turning to interactions between objects, it is necessary to address the elementary
objects known in physics, that is, structureless relativistic particles, expediently described in
the tangential Minkowski space of the cosmic space-time.
Among the norm-conserving symmetry transformations of the qubits is the complex
conjugation. Here a linear representation, as suggested by quantum theory, can be obtained
via a duplication of the qubit types. Already in Weizsäcker’s ansatz, urs and anti-urs were
introduced. This duplication establishes a four-dimensional state space. Using the qubit- and
anti-qubit states as the basis of a Fock representation, it becomes possible to construct, in a
“second quantization” procedure, relativistic particles from these quantum bits.
Supposing Bose statistics for the quantum bits, massless objects will result. To generate
massive particles, Para-Bose statistics is required. For completeness, let us briefly outline
some details. The tri-linear Para-Bose commutation relations are defined as follows:
Likewise, these relations can be written in the form
Here ( r, s, t = 1, 2, 3, 4)
(14) 0]},,[{]},,[{
]},,[{†††
†21
==
−=
tsrtsr
rsttsr
aaaaaaaaaa δ
(15) †††
21
†21
††††21
}],{,[
}],{,[
}],{,[
rstsrt
rstsrtsrt
rstsrtsrt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
δ
δδ
δδ
−=
−−=
−−=
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 21
According to the Green decomposition [12], Para-Bose statistics can be interpreted as
applying to different types of bosons which are commuting in case they are of the same type,
and anti-commuting in case they are of different types.
Finally, denoting the protyposis vacuum by|Ω>, the Para-Bose-order by p, where p=1
restores Bose statistics:
The Poincaré group is the ten-parameter group of motions in the Minkowski space R(3,1).
It is a semidirect product of the Lorentz group SO(3,1) and the four translations. The SO(3,1 )
group is – as already mentioned – locally equivalent to the SL(2,C) group. This special linear
group in two dimensions would be a general symmetry group for the qubits if the
conservation of the norm was no longer a constraint. As Scheibe, Süssmann and v.
Weizsäcker conjectured a long time ago, this could be a rationalization of the role of this
group in special relativity. [13]
As mentioned above, the norm-conserving symmetry group of a quantum bit of the
protyposis comprises, beside the SU(2), also a U(1) group. Whilst the SU(2) describes the
space-like aspects of the qubit states, the time-like aspects can be related to the phase
transformations of the U(1). If one accepts a cosmology in which the number of qubits is
growing, the unitary U(1) description must be changed. This can be achieved by using a
complex time parameter rather than a real one. Here space and time will be subject to a
Ω=Ω paa rsrs δ† (17)
(16)
βα
δ
βαβαβα
αααα
αα
α
α
α
α
≠===
==
=
== ∑∑==
for 0},{},{},{
0],[],[
],[
†††
††
†
†
1
†
1
srsrsr
srsr
rssr
s
p
sr
p
r
bbbbbbbbbb
bbwith
baba
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 22
pseudo-euclidean metric which turns into the Minkowski space for an infinite number of
qubits, N →∞.
The vacuum in Minkowski space, the Lorentz vacuum |0〉 , is an eigenstate of the Poincaré-
group with mass, energy, and spin zero. It can be constructed on the qubit vacuum |Ω〉 as
follows:
It shows that the statement "at every point in Minkowski-space there is no particle"
corresponds to a potentially infinite amount of information. Besides the qubits (indices 1 and
2), also anti-qubits (indices 3 and 4) are introduced. As mentioned above, this allows for a
linear represention of complex conjugation, being a subgroup of the qubit symmetry group.
In the Minkowski space vacuum, the annihilation of a qubit is equivalent to the creation of its
anti-qubit:
The construction of particle states and Casimir operators quickly become very complicated,
and the use of computers is advisable. The following expressions have been generated using
mathematica®. Here the computer-adapted notations for the creation and destruction
operators are used:
The symbol *denotes the multiplication, ** the noncommutative multiplication and I* the
multiplication with the imaginary unit.
00 00 00 00 †24
†13
†42
†31 aaaaaaaa −=−=−=−= (19)
lvacsrdaasrwaasrfaa
rvarea
sr
srsr
r
r
⇒⇒
⇒⇒
⇒
⇒
0 ],[2},{
],[2},{ ],[2},{r)(Vernichte ][
(Erzeuger) ][
†
††
†
(20)
(18) Ω⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ +⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛ +⋅
−= ∑∑
∞
=
+∞
=
21
2
21
122!!
)1(0†2
†4
†4
†2
†1
†3
†3
†1
0 210
nn
n
nn
n
aaaaaaaann
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 23
The generators of the Poincaré group take on the following form:
Translations:
P1 = (–w[2,3] –f[3,2] – w[1,4] –f[4,1] –d[1,2] –d[2,1] –d[4,3] –d[3,4])/2
P2 = I*(–w[2,3] +f[3,2] +w[1,4] –f[4,1] –d[1,2] +d[2,1]–d[4,3] +d[3,4])/2
P3 = (–w[1,3] –f[3,1] +w[2,4] +f[4,2] –d[1,1] +d[2,2]–d[3,3] +d[4,4])/2
P0 = (–w[1,3] –f[3,1] –w[2,4] –f[4,2] –d[1,1] –d[2,2]–d[3,3] –d[4,4])/2
Boosts:
M10 = I*(w[1,4] -f[4,1]+w[2,3] -f[3,2])/2
M20 = (w[1,4]+f[4,1] -w[2,3] -f[3,2])/2
M30 = I*(w[1,3] -f[3,1] -w[2,4]+f[4,2])/2
Rotations:
M32 = (d[2,1] +d[1,2]-d[3,4]-d[4,3])/2
M21 = (d[1,1]-d[2,2]-d[3,3] +d[4,4])/2
M31 = I*(d[2,1]-d[1,2]-d[3,4] +d[4,3])/2
The n-fold non-commutative product f[r,s], i.e. f[r,s]**f[r,s]** …**f[r,s], is abbreviated by
f[r,s,n].
The two Casimir operators of the Poincaré group are the square of the mass
m² =(P0)² - (P1)² - (P2)² - (P3)² =
-(d[1,1] + d[3,3] + f[3,1] + f[4,2] - d[1,1]**w[2,4] + d[1,2]**w[1,4] + d[2,1]**d[1,2] +
d[2,1]**w[2,3] - d[2,2]**d[1,1] - d[2,2]**w[1,3] - d[3,3]**d[2,2] - d[3,3]**w[2,4] +
d[3,4]**d[1,2] + d[3,4]**w[2,3] + d[4,3]**d[2,1] + d[4,3]**d[3,4] + d[4,3]**w[1,4] -
d[4,4]**d[1,1] - d[4,4]**d[3,3] - d[4,4]**w[1,3] - f[3,1]**d[2,2] - f[3,1]**d[4,4] -
f[3,1]**w[2,4] + f[3,2]**d[1,2] + f[3,2]**d[4,3] + f[3,2]**w[2,3] + f[4,1]**d[2,1] +
f[4,1]**d[3,4] + f[4,1]**f[3,2] + f[4,1]**w[1,4] - f[4,2]**d[1,1] - f[4,2]**d[3,3] -
f[4,2]**f[3,1] - f[4,2]**w[1,3] - w[1,3]**w[2,4] + w[1,4]**w[2,3] + w[1,3] + w[2,4])
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 24
and the Pauli-Lubanski-operator is W² = WaWa where Wd = (1/2)εabcd MabPc. Its explicit form
has been given in [14]. Here also explicit states of massless and massive particles can be
found. As two examples, let us consider the states of a massless fermion and a massive
spinless boson at rest.
A massless fermion moving in z-direction, e.g. with momenta P0=P3=m and P1=P2=0,
and helicity p[2]+(1/2), has the form
The state of a massive spinless boson at rest is more complicated. Here the Para-Bose order
has to be greater than one: p[0] > 1. The momenta are P0=m, P1=P2=P3=0.
These states, deriving from the irreducible representations of the Poincaré group, are
constructed as eigenstates of the momenta, i.e., as plane waves. Via Fourier transformation
the momentum representation can be converted into position representation. In relativistic
quantum mechanics, the position representation raises some problems, but we forgo a further
discussion here. A position applies to massive particles only, massless particles cannot be
localized. However, even for massive particles problems arise if one attempts to localize the
particle in a region smaller than its Compton wave length, as here one would encounter the
creation of particle-antiparticle pairs. It should be noted that for massive particles the
Newton-Wigner position operator is a suitable choice.[15]
∗+++++++
+++∑∑∑∞
=
++++∞
=
∞
= 0p[1]
p[3]) p[2] p[1] (2 p[3]) p[2] (p[1]
0p[2]0p[3]
p[3]! p[2]! p[1]! p[1])! 1 - p[0]1- (p[2] p[1])! 1 - p[0] 1 - (p[3] 1)! - p[0] p[3] p[2] p[1] (2
2)! - p[0] p[3] p[2] (p[1] (m) (-1)
lvac ** p[2]] 1, f[3, ** p[1]] 2, f[3, ** p[1]] 1, f[4, ** p[3]] 2, f[4, (26)
(25) ∑∞
= +++++
0p[1]
p[1]
lvac ** p[2]] 1, *f[1,*p[1]] 1, *f[3,* e[1]1)!p[2] 2 p[1] 1 - (p[0] p[1]!
(-m) 1)! - p[0] 1 p[2] (2
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 25
7. How have interactions been treated in physics and which
interactions are known?
Before turning to quantum-physical deliberations it may be useful to take once again a look at
the interactions within the frame work of classical physics.
In classical mechanics, interacting particles are described in their respective position and
velocity spaces. This may be not entirely obvious because of the fact that the individual
spaces are assembled to form one common higher-dimensional phase-space.
Also in quantum mechanics, a position coordinate is assigned to every particle, which
makes it possible that the identity of the particles is maintained under interactions. However,
such a preservation of identity no longer applies to a qubit Fock representation of the
particles – as shown above. Here, the tensor product of qubits appears as a quantum-physical
whole, in which the individual identity of each interacting particle is lost.
For a description of interactions within the framework of the protyposis concept it will be
necessary to allocate a particular position space to the manifold of the qubits associated with
the particle under consideration and to separate this space from the space of qubits
associated with the interacting remainder.
As his student and friend C. F. v. Weizsäcker sometimes recalled, W. Heisenberg used to
characterize the position space as a parameter manifold of the interaction strength.
Which are the interactions and their characteristic strengths, physics presently knows?
One distinguishes four fundamental types of interactions, differing in the magnitude of
their respective coupling constants. Three of them, gravitation, electromagnetism, and weak
interaction, actually appear in space. The quanta of the latter can become manifest as real
particles, or outgoing spherical waves.
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 26
7.1 Is it necessary to quantize gravitation, being a classical correction of
a quantum cosmology?
The coupling constant attributed to gravitation is of the order 10-39. For the interaction of
elementary objects, i.e., elementary particles, gravitation plays practically no role because of
their small masses. However, for large masses, and, thus, in astrophysics, gravitation is the
most important interaction. Gravitation is described very well by the equations of general
relativity. This theory can be understood as a description of local inhomogenities of the
cosmic substance, i.e., of quantum fluctuations of the protyposis [16]. In a linearized form,
general relativity allows one to describe the emission of gravitational waves from duple
pulsars with extreme precision. A possible quantization of these linearized equations results
in quanta representing massless gravitons with spin two. There have been many attempts,
more or less successful, at a quantum-theoretical treatment of gravitation. However, these
theories are not renormalizable, as here not only a few but infinitely many infinities would
have to be set to zero. In order to devise a quantum field theory with spin-2-quanta, string
theory postulates a tremendously inflated number of space dimensions – which very much
looks like an act of desperation. To me, this makes apparent that "More of the Same" will not
solve the existing problems, and a radical departure from the millennia old belief in “smallest
particles as basis of reality” is unavoidable.
General relativity does not need a further quantization. It is a part of classical physics,
proving to be a local correction of the protyposis quantum cosmology which itself invokes a
thermodynamical postulate. The idea that general relativity can derived from
thermodynamical postulates, thus, making a quantization questionable, is not new. To quote
from a very remarkable paper by T. Jacobsen [17]:
“Viewed in this way, the Einstein equation is an equation of state. It is born in the
thermodynamic limit as a relation between thermodynamic variables, and its validity is
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 27
seen to depend on the existence of local equilibrium conditions. This perspective
suggests that it may be no more appropriate to quantize the Einstein equation than it
would be to quantize the wave equation for sound in air.”
I do not think that attempts to quantize gravitation are dispensable. Eventually, solid state
physics is not imaginable without phonons, quanta of sound, though they do not exist as free
particles in the vacuum. Perhaps, also a quantization of gravitational waves may prove
usefully in the future.
Einstein’s equations afford a very good approximation to reality, but they should not be
seen as an axiomatic truth. This may be illustrated by the following consideration. There are
infinitely many exact solutions of general relativity, of which a few are known. While each
solution represents a whole universe with its full space-time evolution, at most one of them
can be a description of the real cosmos, that is, the uni-versum, meaning the totality of all
possible empirical and therefore scientific experience. All other solutions will have no
relation to reality. This means, strictly speaking, Einstein’s equations claim too much, and,
thus, it is hardly surprising that the attempts at quantization have not really been successful.
7.2 Is the strong interaction an interaction in space and time?
The strong interaction, with a coupling constant of the order of magnitude 1, is much stronger
then the other interactions.
The strong interaction cannot be subsumed under of Heisenberg’s characterization of the
position space as the parameter space of the interaction strenth. The quanta of this force, the
gluons, and the related fermions, the quarks, cannot be generated as free particles in space.
The impossibility to isolate a quark can be illustrated with a simple analogy, namely, the
attempt to cut off an “end” of a rubber band so that only the end is obtained without any piece
of rubber attached. Of course, the end of a rubber band evidently exists, – though not as an
independent entity. To isolate the end of a rubber band is as pointless as an attempt to isolate
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 28
a magnetic pole by breaking a bar magnet. At the breaking point, just a new pair of poles
emerges. In the case of quarks, an additional quark-antiquark pair is generated when one tries
to isolate a quark, that is, a meson is created rather than an isolated quark. Like a magnet, the
meson can exist as an object in space and time. And just like magnet poles, quarks are
essential quantum structures, which can generate measurable effects and are indispensable for
an understanding of hadrons, irrespective of the fact that they cannot exist as objects. Of
course, it is very useful to investigate interactions between quarks and gluons. However,
while the strong interaction can be formulated as a gauge theory, one must not expect that
this interaction is related in a simple way to the space-time continuum.
7.3 Quantum interactions in space and time
The coupling constant of the electromagnetic interaction, Sommerfeld’s fine structure
constant α, has a value of about (1/137), the coupling constant of the weak interaction is of
the order of 10-5. The corresponding quanta are, in the case of electromagnetic interaction,
massless photons γ having an infinite range, and the very massive Z0 bosons together with the
W+ and W- bosons, being of very short range, in the case of weak interaction. These four
quanta can exist in space and time as real particles.
While the strong interaction cannot apparently be described in the normal space-time
continuum, the electromagnetic and the weak interaction seem to reflect the necessity of
dividing reality into separated objects and correcting this separation by introducing
interaction.
Let us examine this somewhat further.
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 29
8. How can interaction be modelled?
Usually, interaction is introduced into quantum theory in the framework of quantum field
theory by designing a free Lagrange density and then replacing the original derivatives by
covariant ones. The latter can be defined by means of gauge groups.
This successful procedure cannot be used within the protyposis approach.
Here, a reconstruction ansatz may provide arguments that will permit new insights in this
matter. As has often been discussed, gauge theories also raise some questions, irrespective of
their success. Experimental evidence shows that the respective gauge groups are well chosen,
but there is still the issue of a deeper foundation of of their mathematical structures. For
instance, H. Lyre states [18]:
„Am Horizont sowohl der physikalischen als auch der philosophischen Untersuchungen
über Eichtheorien deutet sich die noch völlig ungeklärte Frage nach einer noch tieferen
Bedeutung der Konzeption der Eichtheorien an. Denn wenngleich das Eichprinzip – wie
gezeigt – nicht zwingend auf nichtflache Konnektionen führt, so ist ja doch die in der
kovarianten Ableitung vorgegebene Struktur des Wechselwirkungsterms auch für den
empirisch bedeutsamen Fall nicht-verschwindender Feldstärken korrekt beschrieben.
Diese Wechselwirkungsstruktur ist also tatsächlich aus der lokalen Eichsymmetrie-
Forderung hergeleitet. Was aber ist der tiefere Grund für diese, zunächst rein formale
Möglichkeit? Scheinbar handelt es sich um einen tiefliegenden und konzeptionell noch
völlig unverstandenen Zusammenhang zwischen Raum und Wechselwirkung“
(At the horizon of both the physical as well as philosophical studies on gauge theories
the still completely open question emerges of the deeper meaning of the conception of
gauge theories. While the gauge principle – as shown – does not necessarily lead to non-
flat connections, the structure of the interaction term, as determined by the covariant
derivation, is correctly described even in the empirical significant case of non-vanishing
field strength. This structure of the interaction is, in fact, derived from the requirement of
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 30
local gauge symmetry. But what is the deeper reason for this, so far only formal,
possibility? Seemingly, there is a deeply rooted and conceptually completely unexplained
relationship between space and interaction.)
Starting from the protyposis it takes two quantization steps to reach the quantum fields. If
one is looking for the deeper reasons underlying gauge theories and their groups, the simplest
structures should be inspected rather than the most complex ones.
For a localized particle a possible interaction will be reflected by a change of the particle
momentum. In case of a free particle, the momentum components are associated with the
derivatives with respect the space-time coordinates, i.e., the generators of its translations in
space and time:
Pi = -i ∂/∂xi
How does the momentum change when a force acts on the particle?
8.1 Interaction requires separated objects
As indicated above, the description of interaction requires an amount of protyposis that is not
affiliated with the position space of the particle under consideration. Otherwise the
elementary qubit structure would not allow separating the total tensor product into interacting
objects, but resulting in form of unitary quantum wholeness. However, the states of those
protyposis qubits, which are not assigned to the considered object, can likewise be
represented by functions on the pertinent symmetry groups, namely SU(2) and U(1), but here
representing a distinct second space.
In the case of electromagnetic or weak interactions, where the position space
parameterizes the interaction strength, the strength depends on the distance between the
respective objects, i.e., their relative coordinates.
(27)
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 31
Accordingly, the theory of the protyposis suggests a description of interaction, in which
one considers a combination of the generators of motion of the respective manifolds, i.e., the
manifold of the particle and that of its interacting partner.
This means that the momenta of the considered object in Minkowski space have to be
supplemented with the generators of motions of the group manifold that is not attributed to
the particle. The parameter space of U(1) is one-dimensional, that of SU(2) three-
dimensional. Let us denote the infinitesimal generators of these groups, elements of the Lie
algebra, by 1 and Ta.
For completeness, let us note that a group element being close to the unit element can be
represented according to
g = exp{iA1} ≈ 1 + iA1 .
for U(1), and
g = exp{iΣBa Ta } ≈ 1 + iΣBa Ta .
for SU(2).
These relations apply to the motion on the group in the vicinity of the neutral element. This
suggests the following substitution for the momentum components of the particle in
Minkowski space:
Pi → -i∂/∂xi + g1Ai 1 + g2Bai Ta .
Here g1 und g2 are couplings constants, the values of which are not yet determined by the
foregoing analysis. According to the preceding considerations, the Minkowski space
derivatives are transformed into covariant derivations, which, in the theory of local gauge
(30)
(28)
(29)
Görnitz The foundation of interaction 32
groups, are known for a long time. The gauge groups of the two interactions characterised by
object-type interaction quanta, that is, quanta appearing as relativistic particles in space and
time, can, in fact, be related to the space-time group of the protyposis.
The strong interaction, where the force and matter quanta do not exist as objects in space
and time, points to a structure that has to be rationalized in a different way.
Acknowledgments
I thank Jochen Schirmer for many helpful hints.
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